Population estimators or progeny tests: What is the best method to assess null allele frequencies at SSR loci?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1343-1347

  Oddou Muratorio, Sylvie ^a   Vendramin, Giovanni G ^b   Buiteveld, Joukje ^c   Fady, Bruno ^a  

^a French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fagus sylvatica; Microsatellites; Null alleles; Population genetics; Progeny

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 70350546311     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9648-4     Document Type: Article

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